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A year-by-year,
film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in Southern
California
Compiled by
Michael Coate and William Kallay
70mm Equipped Theatre Pictures
Lakewood Center /
Lakewood Center Stadium 16
[1] |
Lakewood
Center Theatre opening day ad (January 17, 1968) |
[2] |
Lakewood
Center in 1981 |
[2] |
"Raiders
Of The Lost Ark" eventually would play here in 70mm (see
1981) |
[3] |
The
beautiful wrap around lobby (c. 1980s) |
[3] |
The huge
auditorium with over 1000-seats (c.1980s) — For years, the theatre had a
curved screen, as the it was originally conceived as a Cinerama
venue (70mm), but the screen was removed and a flat screen was
installed |
[2] |
The
theatre in 1989 |
[4] |
Lakewood
Center Theatre in 2005 |
[4] |
The
theatre has a large lobby, and has been expanded over the years to
include stadium-seat auditoriums — The largest auditorium (left) |
[4] |
During
the 1980s, the theatre had a number of 70mm engagements, and was
also used for special sneak previews, including the disastrous sneak
of "Last Action Hero" (1993) |
[4] |
The box
office (right) and lobby |
[4] |
The
large auditorium still is intact and was renovated in 1999 — The new
stadium-seat auditoriums were added on the left (light colored
building) |
[1] Los Angeles Times
/ Pacific Theatres |
[2] John Sittig |
[3] Courtesy of John
Sittig |
[4] William Kallay |
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